Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Brown Flake Aromatic

Update 23 March 2018. I now find that this gives me chemical burn.

There's something about them Lakelands. The flavours are at times over the top and at others downright eccentric.

This one is nigh on just right for a middle of the day puff, indoors or out. Just spend half an hour teasing out how many flavours you can spot.

Perhaps a soupcon too much vanilla which results in a vanilla experience, if you see what I mean.

Bag note is quite sweet floral vanilla and earthy. the flakes are quite damp and need drying time once rubbed out I spread mine out on a board for 30 minutes. It probably needs more drying time. The first 1/8 of the bowl was quite harsh before it smoothed out. Your puffing cadence need to be very controlled as this will bite back hard. Once you get the bowl going and you are past the first few tamps it is quite nice. Floral sweet vanilla Virginia (not much of the Lakeland soap) Nic hit is medium as well as flavor. It smokes like most Virginia\\\'s quite balanced. Anything other than lite puffing will produce harshness. This is not a stuff to and forget smoke, but if you keep your cadence controlled and dry it before smoking it really is quite nice.

update 1/25/24 after my bag was sitting for months in a jar this blend has become amazing buttery super smooth. All the harshness has disappeared. Now it can be loaded as flakes and lit directly. Very few relights required.